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My first full time job after college was based on a PDP-8.
According to my calculations, I should be able to retire about 5 years after I die.
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If they want it, I still have LISP for PDP-8 on paper tape!!!
A positive attitude may not solve every problem, but it will annoy enough people to be worth the effort.
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Doug Jones lists his contact info on his main page[^] if you want to offer it. He has a collection of assorted PDP artifacts, so if he doesn't already have a copy of lisp (or even just not a copy of the version you've got) I assume he'd be interested.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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The move would signal a more open Apple, after the company began allowing the public early access to Yosemite last year. Where'd they get such a 'different' idea?
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More than half (55%) of 250 IT professionals in the US. surveyed said they had been bullied by a co-worker. "It's not okay because if they take my stapler then I'll set the building on fire.
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Three weeks before one of my co-workers decided that she didn't got a proper answer from another co-worker, so decided to call him 'names'...Today she's looking for new job with no hope to get recommendation from us...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Poor dev.
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In honor of this post I just called my IT partner wife a bugger face. To wit she replied: "Yeah well you're but dust")
It's scriptural.
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The demand for Linux developers has jumped seven percent in comparison to last year, a study has shown. Well, that's it. *This* will be the Year of Linux (tm)
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Lenovo wasn't the only one using SSL certs that unlock every SSL site on the Internet. What part of the 's' in SSL was hard to understand?
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Finding competent programmers can be a challenge, especially for people who are not programmers themselves. "For a fee, I'm happy to be your back door man"
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Odd. Just tried it and it worked for me. Blocked by work?
TTFN - Kent
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Nope, at home. Just tried with 2 different computers, several browsers, and my (Windows 8.1) phone.
Hm, once I disabled wifi on my phone and just went through the cell service it came up. I guess my ISP (Time Warner Cable) is blocking it or something. Odd.
Disregard - obviously this is just affecting me, and maybe others using the same ISP.
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If you want to hire a developer and you are not a developer I have a script for you to use:-
"I want you to create the very best work you have ever created and I want you to do it for me. If you come and work here, we will do whatever makes that possible".
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A Python developer gets on a London subway, shoves a man and lobs a nasty F bomb. Later that day, the developer gets a surprise, as the man is interviewing him for a job. "Kismet, Hardy"
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Kent Sharkey wrote: A Python developer gets on a London subway No he didn't. London doesn't have a subway (unless we're talking about that rather skanky sandwich shop). London has the underground; the DLR.
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Pete O'Hanlon wrote: London doesn't have a subway
Sure it does - just go along the sidewalk ...
PooperPig - Coming Soon
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What you say and/or do to someone WILL come back to bite you in the a**!! Usually not that fast, but it will happen, even in the most subtle ways. (Is that the right word?)
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
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The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
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Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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Brisingr Aerowing wrote: (Is that the right word?) Yes. It's the correct word.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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The mental paralysis surrounding Stored Procedures and Functions in your database is hurting you. These things exist for a reason: your database and all of its amazing amazingness is there to help you. To love you and your data! You need to let this love flow. CREATE PROCEDURE because_they_work
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Stored procedures - the "code behind" for data storage.
Yes - use them for data consistency but not for business rules because "octopus fight squid in plate of linguine, not pretty".
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I particularly like how he attempts to classify a membership scheme as "not business logic" because most business apps need it. Doesn't that just make it common business logic.
There is a place for stored procedures, this article just doesn't identify them.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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Quote: If I was to use an ORM, this would be a lot of writes. If I was careless (or using Rails – take your pick) I wouldn’t put this into a transaction, which it very much should be.
Why do I get the feeling Rob Conery isn't a fan...
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Amusingly (to me), he's written at least two ORMs (Subsonic and massive), and his last business (before he got bought by PluralSight) was written in Rails. I think he might have just hit those problems too often to ignore.
TTFN - Kent
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